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FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 24th, 2017
"The Secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm!
"Here is the list of Greeters for the month of April, 2017.
If you are scheduled to be Greeter for a particular Thursday, try to arrive at Grins by about 11:30am, put on the special Greeter's badge and then greet each and every member and visitors as they come in.
April 27............Lucky Bovo
Attendance for April 20th,2017
Doug Balkman, Del Brown, Frederick Case, Randy Cook, Pam Cook, Charles Johynson, Rob Martin, Gary Nelson, Kelli Whigham, Rhonda White, Beverly Crumley, Tracy Herman, John Polk, Glen Rydl, Gary Strunk, McBride Wilson, Lucky Bovo. (17)
Sorry, but the Big Bucks jar is getting richer by the week . Steve Furney was the winner but he was not present. Sorry Steve.
Visitors are always welcome!
We were very pleased to have two visitors brought by Lucky Bovo.
They are Alexandra Fortier and September Doria. Both of these ladies work out at the San Marcos Airport and heads up a flying program for returning veterans who have a desire to enter their program. 'Coast Flight' Lucky is enrolled in that program. We see our president Tracy presenting a certificate of appreciation for their donation to our Silent Auction and Pancake Day. They donated a personal flight for the winner, and one of our own members was the winner. She has yet to go up yet. Thanks Lucky for bringing these two wonderful ladies to visit us.
"Hear Ye! Hear Ye!...Mark your Calendars if you are a member of the Board of Directors.
There will be a Board meeting of Directors this Thursday, April 27 at 5:30pm at Brookdale San Marcos North. Remember, our Board meetings have changed from the third Thursday to the fourth Thursday. See you there.
"Who Wants to be a Lt. Governor?"
(An article by Past Lt. Governor Rob Martin)
This is a question asked every year when the current Lt. Governor's term expires. I first experienced this after my first term was approaching October 1st, the annual date that the incoming Lt. Governor takes office. After lengthily searching for a volunteer, I continued in that position for a second term. As the end of my second term approached, I again sought volunteer Kiwanian to replace me. My health prohibited continuing for a third term. I continued a futile search for a replacement from all of our clubs in Division 38. Even with the assistance of the current Governor we were unsuccessful in finding a replacement.
Even though this position is a critical one designed to assist the clubs in resolving numerous needs and even though it is an opportunity for an individual to participate in the management of our district and even with the satisfaction I achieved in both terms.
In addition to the numerous Kiwanians I met, I WAS PUZZLED ABOUT THE RELUCTANCE OF OUR MEMBERS TO ELEVATE THEIR ROLE IN ASSISTING OUR GREAT ORGANIZATION.
Since that time we continue to experience the same difficulties. As I continue to be involved on various positions in the Texas-Oklahoma District, I discussed my concerns with others who had "Answered the Call". I continue to gain a great admiration for our organization and the members who continue to serve in various ways.
In a future article I will seek assistance in potential ways to seek answers to the absence of volunteers to elevate their participation in Kiwanis. Your responses are hopefully enlightening and can lead us to identifying how we can best reach a solution." (Rob Martin)
Our Program Last Week, April 20, 2017.
Thanks to Gary Nelson last week giving the club a run-down on the importance of building ramps for the handicapped, he has indicated that ramp building has always been of great concern with our club. He brought out facts and figures of how McBride Wilson and Lon Shell really put the particulars down on paper, down to the last detail of how the ramps should be built. We had quite a few club members that would always answer the call when a new ramp needed to be built.
Ramp Building is not a new thing for our club, it just moved around a bit, swapping leadership a bit, and now the call for ramps has not slowed down, but the emphasis is to bring in other groups, like students from the University etc. With leadership like Gary Nelson, who has always had a passion for this, welcomes any willing body to come out and help. An e-mail list is being put together for those individuals who would be willing, when notified to lend a hand and bringing hope to a family, or an individual who has become handicapped, and some of those who have already received ramps, got down to their last straw before receiving the life-saving ramp. All Gary and those who are helping him now ask is for others to come on out and help, You don't have to be master carpenter, or even never drilled a screw. Within 5 minutes, you will catch on. Thanks
Our Program for this coming Thursday, April 27, 2017.
Our program for this coming Thursday will be brought by Pam Cook and will be Nancy Nusbaum, the Associate Vice President for Finance and Support Service Planning at Texas State University. She is a career Texas State employee, working her way up to Associate Vice President with responsibility for space management, real estate, capital planning, parking transportation services, division strategic planning and division assessment.
Her contribution to the campus includes the development and implementation of a ten-year $900 million capital program that incorporated faculty, staff, student and community input to produce a transformative set of projects. She is currently finalizing the next ten year University Master Plan.
"Read the question carefully, see if you get the answer before looking at the answer at the end of the bulletin."
1: Name the world's biggest island.
2: What is the world's longest river?
3: Name the world's largest ocean?
4: What is the diameter of Earth?
5: Where would you find the world's most ancient forest?
6: Which four British cities have underground rail systems?
7: What is the capital of Madrid?
8: Which country is Prague in?
9: Which English town was a forerunner of the Parks Movement and the first city in Europe to have a street tram system
10 Name the actor who starred in 142 films including The Quiet Man, The Shootist, The Searchers and Stagecoach?
April 21, 1918 - - During World War I, the Red Baron (Manfred von Richtofen) was shot down and killed during the Battle of the Somme. He was credited with 80 kills in less than two years, flying a red Fokker triplane. British pilots recovered his body and buried him with full military honors.
April 22, 1889 - - The Oklahoma land rush began at noon with a single gunshot signaling the start of a mad dash by thousands of settlers. They were seeking to claim part of nearly two million acres made available by the federal government. The land originally belonged to Creek and Seminole Indian tribes.
April 23, 1564 - - Birthday of William Shakespeare was born at Stratford-on-Avon, England. Renowned as the most influential writer in the English language, he created 36 plays and 154 sonnets, including Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and The Merchant of Venice.
April 24, 1915 - - In Asia Minor during World War I, the first modern-era genocide began with the deportation of Armenian leaders from Constantinople and subsequent massacres by Young Turks. In May, deportations of all Armenian and mass murder by Turks began, resulting in the complete elimination of the Armenians from the Ottoman Empire and all of the historic Armenian homelands. Estimates vary from 800,000 to over 2,000,000 Armenians murdered.
April 25, 1967 - - The first law legalizing abortion was signed by Colorado Governor John Love, allowing abortions in cases in which a panel of three doctors unanimously agreed.
April 26, 1937 - - During the Spanish Civil War, the ancient town of Guernica was attacked by German warplanes. After destroying the town in a three hour bombing raid, the planes machine-gunned fleeing civilians.
April 27, 1865 - - On the Mississippi River, the worst steamship disaster in U.S. history occurred as an explosion aboard the Sultana killed nearly 2,000 passengers, mostly Union soldiers who had been prisoners of war and were returning home.
The Age of Imponderables! - (There are no answers to these imponderables, but if you think of a good answer, let me know and I will put it in?
1 - When they first invented the clock, how did they know what time it was to set it to?
2 - When we say our mind wanders, where does it go?
3 - When y8ou put a sheet over your head for Halloween, are you a ghost or a mattress?
4 - Have you ever seen a toad on a toadstool?
5 - Where did Webster look up the definitions when he wrote the dictionary?
6 - Where do they get Spring water in the other 3 seasons?
7 - Where does your lap go when you stand up>
8 - Where in the nursery rhyme does it say Humpty Dumpty is an egg?
9 - How come I can pick my ears but not my nose?
10 - Which is the other side of the street?
What Does it Mean when someone says, 'I have a Bone to Pick'?
"A difficulty to be solved, a nut to be cracked; a complaint, dispute, misunderstanding or the like to be settled. The original idea was something to mull over or to occupy one as a bone occupies a dog. The Germans had the same idea but used a different simile, ein Hunchen zu pflucken, a bird to pluck, the French said, une maille a partir. a knot to be picked; and in ancient Rome, it was scrupulous alicui injicere,a pebble to throw.
Some years, a newspaper had an article in which the columnist said that this expression 'started in Sicily where the father of a bride would give the bridegroom a bone to pick clean of meat as a symbol of the difficult task of marriage that he was undertaking.' His statement of the Sicilian custom may be true, but any connection between that custom and our English expression of more than four hundred years is beyond credibility.
The related expression that we use commonly nowadays - - 'to have a bone to pick with one,' to have a complaint to settle with one, is much more recent, dating back scarcely over a hundred years."
"Ever Happen to You?
"So there was this female business executive who was late for a meeting. She was going 65 on a street where the speed limit was 40.
A cop pulls her over and says 'ma'am,, can I please see your license?' She says, 'I'm sorry officer, but it got revoked two years ago for drunk driving.' His brow furrows and he straightens up. 'Well, can I please see the registration of your car?' She says 'I stole the car and I killed the driver, he's in the trunk.'
'Ma'am DON'T MOVE, I'm calling for backup.' He mutters furiously into his walkie talkie. Five minutes later, half the squad pulls up, the Chief of Police walks over to the woman's window. 'Ma'am, can I see your license?' he asks sternly. 'Of course, officer,' she smiles demurely and pulls out a license from her purse. He squints warily at it, 'This looks legitimate,' he mumbles.
'Can I see the registration to this car?' She pulls it out of the glove compartment and hands it to him. 'Ma'am, stand back!' He bangs open the trunk of the car and flinches, but it was completely empty. The woman brandishes a finger at the first cop and says accusingly, 'Ando I'll bet that liar told you I was speeding too!'"
1.......If you were to stretch a Slinky out until it's flat, it would measure 87 feet long.
2.......Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
3.......There are more collect calls on Father's Day than on any other day of the year.
4.......95% of people text things they could never say in person.
5.......Banging your head against a wall burns 150 calories an hour.
6.......A crocodile can't poke its tongue out.
7.......It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
8.......The word 'gorilla' is derived from a Greek word meaning, "A tribe of hairy women.
9.......Prisoners in Canadian war camps during WWII were treated so well, that a lot of them didn't want to leave when the war was over.
10......Gorillas burp when they are happy.
Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming
Grand Teton National Park took decades to establish. Congress created the original park in 1929 to protect the Teton Range and several lakes at the foot of the mountains. In 1943, Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared the remaining federal land in the valley as Jackson Hole National Monument. In 1949, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. donated the land he purchased to the government to be included in the national park. Finally in 1950, Congress combined the original park, the national monument and the
Rockefeller lands to establish present day Grand Teton National Park. In 1972, Congress established the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway to honor Rockefellers' philanthropy and commitment to the National Park System. The Parkway connects Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.
After World War II, more people owned cars and began to explore America. Taking shorter vacations compared to dudes, these visitors would only spend a night or two at one location before moving on. In response to this new demand, auto camps became common. Small cabins clustered around a central parking area which allowed visitors easy access to the park's attractions.
Adventure has always drawn people to this area. No one knows who first climbed the Grand Teton. Today over 90 different routes and variations lead to the summit of the Grand Teton. Today, all of the Teton peaks lure climbers with the skills necessary for a summit,
For this Week's Questions for April 24, 2017
1: Answer: Greenland
2: Answer: Amazon
3: Answer: Pacific
4: Answer: 8,000 miles
5: Answer: Daintree Forest north of Cairns, Australia.
6: Answer: Liverpool, Glasgow. Newcastle, and London
7: Answer: Madrid.
8: Answer: Czech Republic
9: Answer: Birkenhead
10: Answer: John Wayne
"There are many who are living far below their possibilities because they are continually handing over their individualities to others. Do you want to be a power in the world? Then be yourself. Be true to the highest within your soul and then allow yourself to be governed by no customs or conventionalities or arbitrary man-made rules that are not founded on principle."(Ralph Waldo Trine)
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